New Delhi, June 2 -- Artificial intelligence (AI)company Anthropic has confidentially filed for an initial public offering (IPO) in the United States, becoming the first among the new generation of AI leaders to formally move toward a stock market debut.

The filing marks a significant moment for the artificial intelligence industry and is expected to test whether the strong investor enthusiasm that has driven AI companies to extraordinary private-market valuations can be sustained in public markets. The offering could also help establish valuation benchmarks for the rapidly evolving sector.

Anthropic, the company behind the AI-driven coding assistant Claude Code, has not revealed the details or size of its proposed IPO. The firm was las...